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Mileševa Monastery, Serbia 73 images Created 3 Apr 2013

During September 2012, I was blessed to be invited to photograph at the Milešiva Monastery in Serbia as a guest of Bishop Filaret and Reverend Hieromonk Leontije. Within the church dedicated to the Ascension of Christ is one of the best and well know frescoes of the Middle Ages of Serbia and Europe from the 13th century. Known as the "White Angel" it depicts the the arrival of the myrrh-bearers at the tomb of Jesus Christ on Sunday morning after his crucifixion. Sitting on the stone is the Angel Gabriel dressed in white who shows the place of Christ's resurrection and the empty tomb.

Gabriel tells the women “…you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”

Shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 over 50 years ago, this was the first image broadcast via satellite (Telstar), from Europe to America, the east to the west, as a symbol of peace and civilization. Later, this same image was transmitted deep into space in an attempt to communicate with any extraterrestrial life out there.

Today, the Milešiva monastery holds the relics of St. Sava, Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the Serbian Church, founder of Serbian law and literature and a diplomat who served there in the early 14th century.
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  • Famous and historic White Angel fresco within the church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the early 13th century...Fresco: "Holy Chrism Bearers at the tomb", aka The White Angel (of Mile?iva), depicting the Angel Gabriel over the empty tomb of Jesus after rising to heaven...One of the finest examples of Serbo-Bizantine frescoe and artworks from the 13th century European middle ages ...The White Angel was the first image broadcast via the first satellite transmission via Telstar from the east to the west, Europe to America as a gesture of peace and civilization right after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. ..The same image was also broadcast to deep space as a communication to any extraterrestrial life that may be out in the universe.
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  • Landscape, creek and church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Landscape and church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Morning, church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century... Morning exterior of church--Asension of Christ
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  • Sheep and mountain peak the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Haystack and peak with cloud at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Mountain peak and cloud above the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Food for dinner, Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Breakfast with bread, jam, butter & tomatoes at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Modern mosaic icon within the walls at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Details within the walls at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 12th century...Icon of St. Sava created during his seating in the XII century.
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  • Serbo-Byzantine iconography and frescoe of an angel at the altar, Church at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.<br />
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A frescoe with the gift of a church, it's holders eyes are gouged.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Frescoe within the church at the Monastery Miloševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Frescoe of St. Sava created during a seating for the artist there in the early XIII century.
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Iconography collection in the museum at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Icons in the museum at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Icons in the museum at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.  A black madonna from the Coptic Orthodox church in the collection.
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  • Icons in the museum at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.<br />
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Ancient icon depicting the baptism of Jesus Christ.
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  • Iconography inside the church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Front and entrance to the church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Iconography within the church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • A nun vacuums the carpet of the narthex within the church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Morning matins service, church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • Veneration of the relics of St. Sava before litrugy service in the narthex of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service with in the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. A nun holds the flower enshrined icon of the Holy Cross.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century..Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century..Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • The priest anointing the forehead of a nun with oil, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • Vesper service, priest anointing the forehead of a nun with oil, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • Vesper service, Zoritza Zec is anointed on the forehead with oil by the priest during the liturgy service celebrating the Exultation of the Holy Cross. Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia which was originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • A nun holds a tray of bread during the Exultation of the Holy Cross service inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The forehead of Miloje Milinković is anointed with oil during the Exultation of the Holy Cross liturgy service within the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Reverend Hieromonk Leontije raises the flower-enshrined icon of  during the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • The Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Worship during the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross liturgy service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Veneration of the Holy Cross icon during the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Flower enshrined icon of the cross at the iconostasis during the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Flower enshrined icon of the cross at the iconostasis during the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Nuns pass by the flower-enshrined icon of the Holy Cross at the conclusion of the Exaltation (Elevation) of the Holy Cross service, inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Interior of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Fisheye view.
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  • Interior 180 degree fisheye view of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Interior 180 degree view with fisheye lens of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Famous and historic White Angel fresco within the church at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the early 13th century. Frescoe of "Holy Chrism Bearers at the tomb", aka The White Angel (of Mile?iva), depicting the Angel Gabriel over the empty tomb of Jesus after rising to heaven...One of the finest examples of Serbo-Bizantine frescoe and artworks from the 13th century European middle ages ...The White Angel was the first image broadcast via the first satellite transmission via Telstar from the east to the west, Europe to America as a gesture of peace and civilization right after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. ..The same image was also broadcast to deep space as a communication to any extraterrestrial life that may be out in the universe.
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  • Frescoe of St. Sava created during his life within the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest, speaks with a reader.
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  • Parishioners venerate the cross at the end of liturgy service, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileseva, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • A parishioner venerates the cross at the end of liturgy service at the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • Miloje Milinković venerates the cross at the end of liturgy service at the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century. Reverend Hieromonk Leontije, monastery priest
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  • Frescoes with inscriptions carved upon them and lit with candles inside the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Fisheye view of the ceiling and walls within  the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Icon of the Holy Cross, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Fisheye lens view
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  • Church at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Night exterior of church--Ascension of Christ
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  • Radio interview on Orthodox Radio Milesiva with Zoritsa Zec at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 12th century.
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  • Icon of the Holy Cross enshrined with flowers, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Sonja Malovrazic from RTS-Radio Television Serbia, Interviews Iconographer Miloje Milinković at the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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  • Lunch with Miloje, Sonia & Zoritsa at Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
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